1921 in Mandatory Palestine

none November 2020 July 2025 1921 in British-administered Palestine«««192019191918center|120px»»»192219231924 See also:1921 in the United Kingdom Events in the year 1921 in the British Mandate of Palestine. Incumbents High Commissioner – Sir Herbert Louis Samuel Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein from 11 April Prime Minister of Transjordan – Rashid Tali’a from 11 April until 15 August; Mazhar Raslan Events August 2010 March 12 March – Start of Cairo Conference which agrees that the administration of Transjordan should be separated from that of Palestine. April 11 April – The establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan. May 1-7 May – Jaffa riots: Riots in Jaffa result in the death of 47 Jews (including the author Yosef Haim Brenner) and 48 Arabs. June 25 June – Fourth Palestine Arab Congress held in Jerusalem. October October – The Haycraft Commission of Inquiry publishes its findings on the Jaffa riots of the previous year. Unknown dates The founding of the Hebrew Writers Association in the Land of Israel by Hayim Nahman Bialik. The founding of the kibbutz Tel Yosef by members of Gdud HaAvoda, named after Joseph Trumpeldor. The founding of the kibbutz Ein Harod by pioneers of the Third Aliyah. The founding of the moshav Nahalal by pioneers of the Second Aliyah and Third Aliyah. The founding of the moshava Ir Ganim (Today Ramat Gan). Notable births August 2010 1 January – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and scholar (died 1986)عودة سامح إسماعيل راجي الفاروقي.. مفكر في الغرب.. بأفكار الشرق https://www.aljazeera.net/sukoon/2018/5/2/%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%ac%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%82%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%81%d9%83%d8%b1-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%b1%d8%a8 2025-07-24 الجزيرة نت ar 6 January – Haim Corfu, Israeli politician (died 2015) 16 January – Shmuel Toledano, Israeli politician and Mossad officer (died 2022) 17 January – Dan Tolkowsky, Israeli military officer, commander of the Israeli Air Force, and venture capitalist (died 2025) 17 January – Modi Alon, Israeli fighter pilot who commanded Israel's first fighter squadron, scored the first aerial victory of the Israeli Air Force (died 1948) 17 March – Meir Amit, Israeli politician, general, and intelligence officer (died 2009) 18 March – Joseph Tabenkin, Israeli military commander (died 1987) 21 March – Amin al-Majaj, Palestinian politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem (died 1999)1999-03-15 Obituary: Dr Amin Majaj https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-dr-amin-majaj-1080770.html 2025-07-25 The Independent en 1 April – Arieh Elias, Israeli actor (died 2015) 9 April – Yitzhak Navon, Fifth President of Israel (died 2015) 26 August – Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician (died 1994) 15 September – Moshe Shamir, Israeli author, playwright, opinion writer, and public figure (died 2004) 21 September – Yehoshafat Harkabi, Israeli military intelligence officer and Professor of International Relations (died 1994) 18 November – Baruch Ben Haim, Sephardic rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn for 55 years (died 2005) 2 October – Yisrael Peled, Israeli politician, second Mayor of Ramat Gan (died 2016) Full date unknown Burhan Dajani, Palestinian academic and economist (died 2000)برهان الدجاني عَلَمٌ يخفق على عدة قمم https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/34855 2025-07-24 Institute for Palestine Studies en Wajih Al Madani, Palestinian military commander (died 1991)الرواد - مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني https://info.wafa.ps/ 2025-07-24 WAFA Info Amos Hakham, Israeli Bible scholar (died 2012) Arie Machnes, Israeli footballer (died 2008) Notable deaths August 2010 31 March – Kamil al-Husayni, Palestinian religious leader and grand Mufti of Jerusalem.(Born 1867)Williams Ann 1990 The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin Al-Husayni and the Palestinian movement https://doi.org/10.2307/2622262 International Affairs 66 1 198–199 10.2307/2622262 1468-2346 subscription 2 May – Yosef Haim Brenner (born 1881), Russian-born Palestinian Jew. Hebrew-language author, one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew literature 5 May – Avshalom Gissin (born 1896), Zionist activist and Ottoman Army veteran killed defending Petah Tikva during the 1921 Palestine riots References 1921 September 2010 Mandatory Palestine Category:Years in Mandatory Palestine Palestine Mandatory Palestine